The Southwest DeKalb Panthers are taking a road trip to challenge the Redan Raiders at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Southwest DeKalb sitting on three straight victories and Redan on six.
Southwest DeKalb's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. Everything went their way against Lithonia as Southwest DeKalb made off with a 15-0 win. Considering the Panthers have won four games by more than six runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Savion Borden
| 03/14/25 @ Lithonia | 2 |
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| 03/28/24 vs Westminster | 2 |
Savion Borden made a big impact no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. What's more, he posted two strikeouts, the most he's had since back in March of 2024. He was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing Two bases. while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
In other pitching news, Larry McCuller looked comfortable as he tossed one inning while giving up no earned runs off one hit.
Back at the plate, Southwest DeKalb let Kameron Scott and Nigel Wilson run wild. Scott got on base in three of his four plate appearances with one triple, one stolen base, and one run, while Wilson scored a run and stole Two bases. while going 1-for-2. That triple was Scott's first of the season. Another player making a difference was Daejon Jones, who went 2-for-3 with two doubles and one stolen base.
Southwest DeKalb was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .500. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .321 or higher in three consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Redan got the win against South Atlanta on Thursday by a conclusive 10-0. The result was nothing new for the Raiders, who have now won five contests by seven runs or more so far this season.
Southwest DeKalb's record is now 6-7. As for Redan, their record now sits at 8-4.
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